Each year, UBC’s Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching,…
sciencecityOctober 6, 2023
Meet the incoming CBR Graduate Award Program (GAP) Cohort for 2023-24! Over the next year,…
sciencecityOctober 5, 2023
Seven UBC Faculty of Medicine doctoral students have been named to the 2023/2024 cohort of…
sciencecityOctober 5, 2023
Dr. Sruthi Purushothaman (she/her) has been fascinated by the mysteries and science behind tissue regeneration…
sciencecityOctober 5, 2023
Mesentech, a biotech company developing novel tissue-selective therapies to treat bone diseases, announced today that…
sciencecityOctober 4, 2023
The way we deliver and receive health care is changing rapidly. Advancements in genetic and…
sciencecityOctober 4, 2023
As men age, it’s common for them to develop an enlarged prostate. What starts out…
sciencecityOctober 3, 2023
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapies induce clinical remission with remarkable effects on chronic myeloid leukemia…
sciencecityApril 17, 2017
Alterations in cellular aging, indexed by leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and mitochondrial DNA copy number…
sciencecityApril 10, 2017
Background People with Parkinson's disease can show premotor neurochemical changes in the dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic…
sciencecityApril 3, 2017
Background Clinical grading systems using clinical features alongside nomograms lack precision in guiding treatment decisions…
sciencecityMarch 27, 2017
ABSTRACT: Nonsense mutations underlie about 10% of rare genetic disease cases. They introduce a premature termination…
sciencecityMarch 20, 2017
ABSTRACT: A mild and selective photocatalytic C-H 18F-fluorination reaction has been developed that provides direct…
sciencecityMarch 13, 2017
ABSTRACT: CDC-like kinase phosphorylation of serine/arginine-rich proteins is central to RNA splicing reactions. Yet, the…
sciencecityMarch 8, 2017
ABSTRACT: G-quadruplex DNAs form four-stranded helical structures and are proposed to play key roles in different…
sciencecityFebruary 27, 2017
Globally, COVID-19 has challenged healthcare systems. In addition to medical laboratory supply shortages, proprietary diagnostic…
pthomsonDecember 8, 2021
Zymeworks Inc. (NYSE: ZYME), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing multifunctional biotherapeutics, today announced that Janssen Biotech, Inc. (“Janssen”)…
pthomsonDecember 3, 2021
At the invitation of Canada School of Public Service, Dr. Carolina Tropini, CIFAR fellow and…
pthomsonDecember 1, 2021
Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) have engineered the fastest, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology…
pthomsonDecember 1, 2021
Dr. William Lockwood, senior scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute (BCCRI), investigates not only…
pthomsonNovember 30, 2021
At present, multiple tools are available to assemble draft genomes using long reads and, separately,…
pthomsonNovember 26, 2021
Dr. Calum MacAulay is a distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute. With a…
pthomsonNovember 26, 2021
The company garnered lots of attention for a COVID-19 treatment that has been administered to…
pthomsonNovember 25, 2021
UBC researchers awarded a combined $42.6m in funding from NSERC through Discovery Grants, Research Tools…
sciencecityMay 23, 2019
Much is known about how HIV evolves and adapts to the human immune system during…
sciencecityMay 22, 2019
In Canada and other developed countries whooping cough – also known as pertussis – is…
sciencecityMay 21, 2019
A prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Jonathon Briggs, who is currently working in…
sciencecityMay 20, 2019
Twenty-four doctoral students at UBC have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, and three postdoctoral…
sciencecityMay 17, 2019
YWCA Metro Vancouver is pleased to announce the recipients of its 36th annual Women of…
sciencecityMay 16, 2019
The winner of Canada’s 3MT competition will be selected by a team of judges drawn…
sciencecityMay 14, 2019
Research funding often has restrictions and may not provide a scientist with an opportunity to…
sciencecityMay 7, 2019
